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Common Core RI.9-10.4 lessons for Easel Activities
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Worksheets Activities Grades 8-9
These 10 pages of reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets contain multiple choice questions for students to practice a range of skills. Passages are high-interest and written on an 8th-9th grade level. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. This Download Contains: 10 passages with multiple choice questions: easy one-page printables answer keyself checking digital version on Easel
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8th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
The History of Halloween Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Activities
Are you looking for a no-prep resource to help your students learn more about the history of Halloween? Save yourself precious prep time and guide your high school students (or middle school students with some support) through these easy-to-use activities that will enlighten your students to the ties that Halloween has to the past! Just print the student pages, and use the included reading passage as a whole class close reading or independent assignment. With easy-to-follow directions, this res
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9th - 11th
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Tier 2 Vocabulary Intervention with Research, Visuals & Mnemonics
It can feel overwhelming to implement evidence-based vocabulary instruction while trying to engage your older students. These Tier 2 vocabulary activities incorporate research principles gathered from over 20 academic journal articles and textbooks to help your students understand and remember the vocabulary needed to succeed in the classroom. All 21 vocabulary units include real photographs, engaging mnemonics, relatable narratives, graphic organizers and no prep activities that are sure to eng
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4th - 10th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Guide and Chapter Questions With Theme Development
This Reading Guide for Night by Elie Wiesel will help students gain a deeper understanding of Elie Wiesel’s famous memoir. In this study guide, students define important terms and answer thought-provoking questions for each chapter. Save your precious time, all the prep-work is done for you! This resource includes a detailed answer key and a student version that can be shared in Google Drive.Click the PREVIEW to see this resource in more detail. DETAILS: ⭐ Thought Provoking Chapter Questions
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8th - 12th
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Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - Print & Online
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension, and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Ancient Mesopotamia Ziggurats Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learning
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.This 13-page product is a
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4th - 10th
The Gettysburg Address | Annotation, Parallel Structure, & Rhetorical Précis
With a focus on parallel structure and repetition, this 9 page document contains an annotation-friendly version of the text, an annotated key, and a rhetorical precis wordbank and template.Since it's so short, I always do MULTIPLE reads of "The Gettysburg Address." There is a good audio version on YouTube from Jeff Daniels as well. After the first de-coding read, I discuss why Lincoln structured his speech the way he did. The three paragraphs signify the past, the present, and the future. Then
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Henry David Thoreau & Newspaper Article
In this lesson, students read and analyze nonfiction texts: excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and an online newspaper article “Tiny House Movement Thrives Amid Real Estate Bust." After close reading the texts, they select a writing activity from a choice board that makes relevant connections.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Students begin by writing a journal about their most essential activities and consider how they
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading and Speech Writing Lesson
Make your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. a literacy lesson with a primary source. Students complete a close reading of Dr. King's prophetic speech “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” and use their reading as inspiration for their own writing. In pre-reading activities, students learn about the context of the speech and define vocabulary. Next, they complete an activity to understand allusions, and then after reading the speech, they analyze its structure using a graphic organizer. They use the sa
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing with Mentor Texts - American Authors
NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)
In this fantastic Latin Folktales and Magical Realism unit, you will study characteristics of Latin folktales, analyze Latin cautionary folktales (El Silbón, El Sombrerón, La Llorona, La Siguanaba) and Latin animal folktales (Boitatá, El Cóndor y El Colibri, El Zorro, Jukumari), then explore genre elements of Magical Realism, and identify elements of Latin folktales and Magical Realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel García Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Asking Questions Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Teach 4 PRO TIPS to help students ask the BEST questions when reading to improve comprehension. Here's what you get with this ASKING QUESTIONS Reading Strategy product: Slideshow Lesson, Video (for distance learning or review), Before / During / After Reading Handout that works with any text, Metacognition / Review Questions, RubricComprehensive Lesson Plan with Detailed ScriptDigital Learning format (Easel by TpT™) ❤️ Like this resource? Check out the BookFace 10x Reading Program which includes
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6th - 9th
Finding the (BEST) Main Idea - Reading Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
6 lessons to teach students HOW to find the BEST main idea in a text. Slideshow lesson, video, handout, poster, and detailed lesson plans. Finding the Main Idea is more than just figuring out what general point the author is trying to make. It’s about recognizing that we can come up with several main ideas, but the “best” main idea has strong support from the entire article. Use this lesson to give students a process to find clues in the organization of the text.Active reading means looking at t
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6th - 9th
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The Things They Carried - Characterization and Symbolism - Close Reading
Use this compelling excerpt from the novel by Tim O'Brien to complete a close reading of the characters and things they carry. In pre-reading activities, students begin by responding to a writing prompt that makes personal connections. They also learn about the author, review symbolism, and define vocabulary. Next, they think about model annotations and do their own annotating. Then, after reading the text, they analyze the symbols using a graphic organizer, and they respond to post-reading
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
How to 10x INCREASE Student Engagement in ANY Reading Comprehension Lesson!
Are your students bored during a Reading Comprehension Lesson? You can 10x INCREASE Student Engagement during any READING lesson by using this Active Reading Strategy POWER UP! These handouts, worksheets, and strategies work with ANY TEXT. Improve reading comprehension by showing students HOW to use READING STRATEGIES to gain deeper meaning.This 10x INCREASE Student Engagement resource works with ANY SUBJECT - not just reading! The "Say Something" handout and "Idea Volleyball" strategies work w
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5th - 9th
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Graphic Arts Design Lesson Plans Semester Goals Project Based Learning Workbook
Do You Need a Semester of Graphic Arts Projects to Engage Your Students?All-in-One Graphic Arts Lesson Plans is a complete curricula with simulated real world experience. Jam packed with ideas- and guidelines for prepared lessons. Fun, engaging and interactive internet activities. Highlights include: *Thumbnails *Project Planning *Careers in Graphics Arts *Mock Ups *Designing Logos, Business Cards, Brochures plus MORE true-life practical applications. This Teachers Edition Includes:Lesson Objec
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8th - 12th
Listening Comprehension Social Skills for Oral Communication in Relationships
Can You Hear Me Now? Is an effective learning to listen guidebook in a workbook format. Listening is the primary reason for conflicts in communication. Relationships are tested because one person cannot, or does not, understand the other. Listening is a communication skill. And, a learned behavior habit instilled by the family upbringing and socialization. Listening is critical to all successful interpersonal interactions. However, many people do not understand:Why they do not understand anothe
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9th - 12th
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NEW Elon Musk Escape Room - Embark on a Mission to Mars
You and your team are time-traveling enthusiasts who have been granted the unique opportunity to explore the remarkable life of Elon Musk. Your mission is to journey through key moments in Musk's life and career, solving puzzles and challenges along the way. Your ultimate goal? To embark on a mission to Mars, just as Musk envisions for humanity's future.As a billionaire, entrepreneur, visionary, genius, and controversial figure, Elon Musk has greatly shaped our world and continues to steer our f
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Norse Mythology Escape Room & Elon Musk Escape Room BUNDLE
Making Connections Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Making Connections is more than simply finding something that the text reminds you of. Teach four PRO TIPS to help students form deeper connections when reading (instead of thin connections like “this book has a dog and I have a dog…”)Here's what you get with this Making Connections Reading Comprehension Strategy product: Slideshow Lesson, Video (for distance learning or review), Before / During / After Reading Handout that works with any text, Metacognition / Review Questions, RubricComprehensi
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6th - 9th
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Inferring Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Teach 4 PRO TIPS to help students develop STRONGER INFERENCES that are well supported by evidence from the text and their own thinking.Help students develop stronger inferences by showing them HOW to come up with a stronger inference. There's more to inferring (or inferencing) than simply reading between the lines. Some inferences are better than others.Here's what you get with this Inferring Reading Comprehension Strategy product: Slideshow Lesson, Video (for distance learning or review), Befor
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6th - 9th
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Evaluating - Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Teach CRITICAL THINKING strategies to help students EVALUATE ideas as they read.Use this lesson to give students a process to them think critically about information.Evaluating is more than just forming an opinion. It's about making an informed opinion or decision.Four PRO TIPS to help your students EVALUATE ideas as they read. Restate part of the text as a question,Clarify the criteria used to judge the guiding question,Play with the text to reveal other perspectives, andTry to keep an open min
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6th - 9th
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